Swimming pools blog

I have an older fiberglass pool about 12k gal. which has developed
black patches on the wall. I have shocked the crap out of it and
still there. It will not scub off either. Any suggestions?

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24 foot round above ground pool. How many tablets should I be
putting in the floater?

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I have a 20X40X4 inground vinyl pool with a Haward sand pump.
Yesterday I was draining the water out on ‘waste’. Then, after I took
it through it’s cycle of backwash and rinse I turned it on ‘filter’.
Only bubbles came out. I turned it off and left it overnight. I went
out this morning. Nada. Nothing. The pump […]

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ok here goes… I’m comparing pools and options and I can’t seem to
get a quote that matches from 3 sources. one company touts the FOXX
X-Brace system and the other two are quoting the A frame with
concrete pilings every 4 feet.
here is the presentation
#1
20×40 FOXX X-Brace system, pentair wisperflo pump […]

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Another question I have is sizing a propane heater for an A/G pool. I have
an 18′ round pool and I’m seriously considering a propane heater. I live in
central Illinois USA and for a lot of the swimming season we have very hot
days but cooler nights. Even with a solar cover, the pool cools down a […]

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I’ve gotten a solar cover for my 18′ A/G pool and I’ve decide that putting
it on and taking it off is a major project. I’d like to make it easy for
one peron to do it and I’m thinking that I’d like to get a reel of some kind
but I’m not sure how it would work. […]

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Last night we put in 3lbs of stabilizaer, 1 gallon of muratic acid,
and 2 bags of shock. I am concerned about the amount of acid we were
told to add. And yes, the filter ran all night.

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I have an old spa that I am trying to put back together. I have no
knowledge of the plumbing of a spa yet. I have 2 pumps, a heater
and ofcourse the tub. The first thing that I figure that I need to
know is how to hook up the pumps, and which directtion they flow.
Once I […]

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We are in our second summer of pool ownership. Last year when I was
asking questions left and right of the pool place, I was pretty sure
the pool guy told me to fill 6 one-pound coffee cans with D.E. at
the beginning of the season to first coat my filter.
The problem is that […]

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We have a small (12.5 foot diameter) Esther Williams above ground pool. I
installed iit n the spring of 1990. How long should the liner last? I don’t
want it to totally fail during the winter, or even during the summer so that we
lose all the water and damage the rest of the pool. Is that something […]

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